The Source of Bad Writing and the Curse of Knowledge
A very good friend of mine has, this morning, alerted me to this interesting article from The Wall Street Journal.
The article is written by the ever-influential Steven Pinker (www.stevenpinker.com), who opens his offering with the question I ask/shout in frustration on a daily basis… why is so much writing so bad?
While Mr Pinker opens with this line in a bid to discuss a more than plausible response to the question in hand, I still purely ask it as a way to express my annoyance.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-cause-of-bad-writing-1411660188
Hope you enjoy!
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